Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-11-11
An Evening with Dramatic DOGS.

I aSt-AB o. q bIOtE company OF dramatic
dogs In the thrilling play entitled
without a Home. " The play is five
acts in length, and full Of thrill 1t
contains two fires. a bank robbery, two
murders, an abduction, a contest with
lpapier-mache wolves, and other crimes
too tedious to enumerate. 4 he dogs are
supported by two goats and an other
wise strong company.
The comedian of the piece is a low
| proved selt-made dog in the full tUsh
and vigOr Of middle life. He is a white,
firm dog, with a big bTindle spot that
! covers one side Of his face and gives
him mister expression, especially
when the ia @ Is GIFTED up by arOguish
smile This dog takes the part of
/ Nemesis He also takes different parts
/ Of other people during the play, among
] the rest the rear breadths of the sec
ond assistant villain
Most of the actors wear a WOven-Wire
/ hustle for this dog to bite into during
/ the evening. 1t Is found to be cheaper
| and more desirable in the end.
/ A large brown dog with q dignifed
mlen takes the principal serious char
acter III the cast, and does it with a
+ quIet grace that endears him 10 all.
I When 1t IS discovered that he does not
I sing topical song during the entire
! evening, everybody feels like giving
/ him a gOid-headed cane He also re-
/ Trains from all makeup and stage de-
! ceptiOn. His deep chest tones and
| open, ingenious face have won many
friends
In one part of the play, where 70 ing
woman Is being kidna3ed against the
prOmptings OF her better Judgment,
This large auburn dog comes in and
illustrates the contamination of the d.
nap. All through the play one of the
villains is liable at any time to contrib
ute portion of himself to one of these
dramatic dogs and 1t gives to the audi
ence the keenes5 sense OF pleasure.
While the large brown dog perhaps
oyerplays and underdresses his part,
he has won many friends and the in
dOrsement of the press wherever he
has gone. Next week he will assume
the difficult role of bloodhound in the
uncle Toms Cabin" company at the
same place. Many people II 90 to
see If he can sustain that character as
well as the one @ has recently PLAYED.
There Is also in the cast of ., ), ithout
a Home" a large dappled bulldog, who
comes IN wearing an air Uf intense
melancholy and a Piccadilly collar. He
does not say much, bat places his gums
on exhibition and reveals a set of
bright-red tons Is to those who adm re
the good, the true, and the beautiful
1 would like to see this dog play
Ophelia. With his wonderfully reaIis-
tic style Of madness he could make a
great hit. The idea of prese ting
Ophelia under the influence Of HYDRO
phObia, with a little by-play In which
she bites Hamlet in the calf of the leg,
is en- irely original with me-
But the medium size white bulldog
with the brindle bandage over h s eve
IS really the star. When he seiZes
Dudley SlOte by the brow of his trous-
ers and gnaws him ali around the stage
his whole attitude Is one of intense
pass on, even to the So tremulous Vi
brations of his deiicately nodded tail.
1t is said that when he first began
to act on the stage this dog was a little
incl ned to rant and chaW up the
sceLery, but now his conception and in
terpretat on OF the part are most ar
ii site and skillfuL. Nature also has
dome much for him. With a fine
pin ysique and a deep, mellow voice. vet
apL 'arently unconscious Of the fact that
he has been cursed with the fatal gift
OF beauty, he samp es Mr.. Slote, pro
tects the bank against the overdrafts of
man who COM there after Office
hours TO negotiate a loan, and prevents
q clear case Of kidnap contrary to the
wishes of the gentleman who is acting
as kidnapel,- as we'll as those of the
Young womaAl who has dressed MP and
cot all ready to be kidnapped and who
seems to be bitte rly disappointed when
the fiend IN human form has to go away
and leave her, while kind hands gently
remove from the java Of the dog what
looks like a clew that belonged to the
kidnaper. 1t is a large strawberry
mark and fragmentOf Namsutta mus
lin with initials on it.
The large bay dog has a fine stage
presence, but can not bear to stand the
drudgery of rehearsaIs. He Is incl n
ed, therefore, to be indolent and to gag
his part a little all the way through.
He is young, however, and with more
industry the future Is full of promise
for him. He IS about the size OF q two
year-Old steer and has a beautiful neck
and shoulders. He wore a very deeOl-
lete collar Of some rich material and
h 8 tai was done up in a beautiful
Greciau coil at the end of his back IN
such a way as to heighten the effect Of
his symmetrical form.
without a Home" has lust enough
crime In it to make it thoroughly true
to the agerin which we live. People
do not like too much crime in q play.
A few iudIc;Ous murders sprinkled in
here and there, showing different styles
of tax ng human life, are heartily en-
loved. but to. disembOwel a man every
act, with the foOtlights turned up to
their full height, IS neither good for
those WHO witness it nor those who are
disemboweled.
The dramatic dogs viii give their
own spe ial version OF "Unc,e Toms
Cabin" all next week, with frequent
matinees, so tina an opportunity viii
be afforded to those Who have never
before had an opportunity of witness
ing this gre play, which has already
proved such a h elsewhere, to come
AMI see little Iva go up the hume-
In Without q Home" which viii
continue this week, at the close Of the
first act, where Mr.. SlOte and the
white dog are thrown in contact, Mr..
Slute desires to state that in responding
to an encore each time the delay Is IN
q oidable, as he has TO make some
/ changes in his dress, which Is naturally
a little disheveled. Those who have
ne er pulled a heavy dog over a barbed-
wire fence do not seem to fully under
/ stand this.
ness, the ignorance, the loss Of proper
/ ty, and even the loss of life that Is en-
| dured IN the world Is to be directly
/ traced to the hurry aud drive which
/ character g so much Of the labor per